FAMILY HYDROPHILIDAE  (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Coleoptera-Hydrophilidae-Hydrophilus-Giant Black Water Beetle LARVA (C)

Hydrophilus

Willcox Playa
Cochise County, Arizona
Coordinates: 32.181022, -109.879119
Elevation: 4,146 ft
July 17, 2021
Size: 46 mm
There were several of these large and voracious larvae in a shallow and muddy pond formed after the rains. I saw them consuming tadpoles and young Triops sp.
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Matthew Pintar

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